Note {11} — Chapter I · THE VOYAGE TO THE BRAZILS.
Reading edition
The heat does not require to be very great in order to melt the pitch in a ship’s seams. I have seen it become soft, and form bladders, when the thermometer stood at 81.5 in the sun.
Reading edition
The heat does not require to be very great in order to melt the pitch in a ship’s seams. I have seen it become soft, and form bladders, when the thermometer stood at 81.5 in the sun.